Re: [Jmap] draft-ietf-jmap-smime reference to RFC 5257

[Alexey Melnikov <[e-mail]>]

On 22/10/2021 00:31, Bron Gondwana wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021, at 01:45, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>> Hi, me again,
>>
>> The IESG just evaluated draft-ietf-jmap-smime and the topic of its 
>> downref to RFC 5257 came up.  There's nothing wrong with the downref, 
>> we just discussed the process in this particular case because there 
>> was prior talk that this RFC should be upgraded to the standards 
>> track.  I seem to recall the vibe about this when I first asked about 
>> it was "Yes, we should do this, but not at this time." Accordingly, 
>> the IESG will be adding it to the downref registry.
>>
>> Just checking: Does JMAP plan to take up that work at some point, or 
>> is the sentiment more like "This is ripe for the standards track, and 
>> someone should do this someday, but not us"?
>>
>> Perhaps it's more aligned with EXTRA's charter?
>
> Yes, I'd say that EXTRA is the place to do the work.
Agreed.
> I'd be particularly interested in having feedback from servers that 
> don't implement it about why they haven't, if we were to do more than 
> just bless the exact existing design as non-experimental.

Implementation complexity and the need to have some kind of database was 
a concern for me when I looked at implementing this. I suppose if there 
are clients that really need this, I can be swayed.

Best Regards,

Alexey